Cardinal Athletics

Stanford has won the Directors’ Cup, awarded annually to the most successful overall intercollegiate athletic department in the nation, for 23 consecutive years. For 42 years in a row, Stanford has won at least one NCAA championship — the longest streak in the nation.

The 2016-17 campaign was especially memorable, with Stanford claiming four NCAA titles for the first time since 2001-02 and five national championships overall: men’s soccer, women’s volleyball, women’s swimming and diving, women’s water polo and women’s lightweight rowing.

The Department of Athletics offers 36 varsity sports—20 for women, 16 for men (sailing is a co-ed sport). Also offered are 31 club sports. Stanford offers over 350 athletic scholarships and approximately 900 students participate in intercollegiate sports.

Varsity Sports at Stanford

Women’s Varsity Sports

Men’s Varsity Sports

Basketball

Baseball

Beach Volleyball

Basketball

Cross Country

Cross Country

Fencing

Fencing

Field Hockey

Football

Golf

Golf

Gymnastics

Gymnastics

Lacrosse

Rowing

Lightweight Rowing

Sailing

Rowing

Soccer

Sailing

Swimming and Diving

Soccer

Tennis

Softball

Track and Field

Squash

Volleyball

Swimming and Diving

Water Polo

Synchronized Swimming

Wrestling

Tennis

Track and Field

Volleyball

Water Polo

Home of Champions

Total National Championships: 139

Total NCAA Championships: 115

Total Individual NCAA Championships: 558

NCAA Team Championships Since 2000: 51

Consecutive years with national team championship(s): 42

Olympic medals won by Stanford-affiliated athletes: 270

NCAA Postgraduate Scholars: 161

Stanford scholar-athletes who have been Rhodes Scholars: 12

The Cardinal

Cardinal has been the color of Stanford athletic teams since 1891. Today, Stanford teams are called the Cardinal.